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| HER Number: | MDV27406 |
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| Name: | Trackway near Winter Tor, Okehampton Hamlets |
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Summary
A disused, crude trackway probably constructed for wagons to cart cut granite from a hillside. Dense areas of clitter extend over the slope and this trackway provided access to the surface stone cutting areas.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 608 916 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX69SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Okehampton Hamlets |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX69SW58
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 831631
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX69SW/149
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- TRACKWAY (Constructed, XVIII to XIX - 1800 AD (Between) to 1900 AD? (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/3G/TUD/138, 5437 (Aerial Photograph). SDV229649.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Bank or reave visible.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project, P. Newman (Report - Survey). SDV346608.
(20/09/1993) SX 60869153 to SX 60919175. A disused trackway, first recorded by air photography (RCHME 1985), which extends around the lower north-west slopes of Winter Tor, lying approximately along the c300m contour.
On average 3m wide, it is terraced into the hillside and consists of a strip of ground which has been cleared of boulders, many of these have been dumped on the downhill side creating a linear stone feature.
The track runs through, and terminates within, an area of dense clitter, where much evidence of stone cutting exists; it seems likely that it was built to give access to carts for transporting quarried granite, probably during the 19th century.
The track continues northward beyond the limit of the surveyed area. (RCHME 1993).
Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P., 2003-2004, Measured survey North Dartmoor Military Range Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey, M. J. Fletcher (Report - Survey). SDV350801.
(04/02/2004) This rough track with boulders piled haphazardly on the downhill side is as described.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV229649 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/3G/TUD/138. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Unknown. 5437. |
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| SDV319854 | Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic. |
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| SDV346608 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1993-1998. Dartmoor Royal Forest Project. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Field/Recording In. Unknown. P. Newman. [Mapped feature: #137522 ] |
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| SDV350801 | Report - Survey: Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P.. 2003-2004. Measured survey North Dartmoor Military Range Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. 28-2004. Unknown. M. J. Fletcher. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
- EDV8679 - Okehampton Range: Management Survey
- EDV8291 - Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
- EDV8695 - Survey of Okehampton North Dartmoor Military Range
| Date Last Edited: | May 19 2022 2:57PM |
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